七十三、惩罚与逃避

152问：在上帝的手中，每一次犯罪该受什么处罚？

答：每一次犯罪，哪怕是最小的犯罪，都是冒犯上帝的主权（雅2:10－11）、良善（出20:1－2）和圣洁（哈1:13；利10:3；11:44－45），冒犯上帝公义的律法（约壹3:4；罗7:12），当在今生（哀3:39；申28:15－68）和来世（太25:41）受祂的愤怒和咒诅（弗5:6；加3:10）；不靠基督的宝血，就无法得以补偿（来9:22；彼前1:18－19）。

Q. 152. What doth every sin deserve at the hands of God?

A. Every sin, even the least, being against the sovereignty, goodness, and holiness of God, and against his righteous law, deserveth his wrath and curse, both in this life, and that which is to come; and cannot be expiated but by the blood of Christ.

153问：为叫我们可以逃避那因违背律法而当受的烈怒和咒诅，上帝要我们怎样行？

答：为叫我们可以逃避那因违背律法而当受的烈怒和咒诅，上帝要我们向祂悔改，归信耶稣基督（徒20:21；太3:7－8；路13:3，5；徒16:30－31；约3:16，18），并且殷勤使用那些基督借以把祂中保的恩惠传递给我们的外部工具（箴2:1－5；8:33－36）。

Q. 153. What doth God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us by reason of the transgression of the law?

A. That we may escape the wrath and curse of God due to us by reason of the transgression of the law, he requireth of us repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ, and the diligent use of the outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of his mediation.